Schedule
The following is a list of events for the 5th Northwestern University/Tel Aviv University Workshop.
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Monday, May 20, 2024
Opening Session: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
- Prof. David N. Seidman – Co-Chair of workshop, Northwestern University
- Vice President for Research: Eric Perreault, Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Prof. Ariel Ismach and Michael Bedzyk – Co-Chairs of workshop, TAU and Northwestern University, respectively
Session I: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Sources
Session Chair: Prof. Ariel Ismach
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Prof. Edward Sargent (Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University), “ Materials Chemistry for Optoelectronics and for Decarbonization”
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Prof. Brian Rosen (MS&E, TAU), “ Low-Pressure Ammonia Thermocatalyst Prepared by Exsolution of Trimetallic Heterostructures”
- 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.: Prof. Linsey Seitz (CBE, Northwestern University), “ Understanding and Harnessing Dynamic Materials for Sustainable Electrocatalytic Energy Conversion Technologies”
- 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.: Prof. Lee Burton (MS&E, TAU), “ High-Throughput Identification of Materials for Silicon Tandem Solar Cells”
Coffee Break: 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Session II: Soft Matter
Session Chair: Prof. Linsey Seitz
- 11:30 - 12:00 p.m.: Prof. Tobin Marks (Chem, Northwestern University), “ Making Printable Mechanically Agile Electronics & Opto–Electronics a Reality. Electroactive Polymers and Amorphous Oxides”
- 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.: Prof. Shachar Richter (MS&E, TAU), “ Proteins from Renewable Resources: Materials Point of View”
- 12:30 - 1:00 p.m.: Prof. Noa Lachman-Senesh (MS&E, TAU), “ In-Situ Mechanical Characterization of Carbon-Based Materials at the Nanoscale”
Lunch Break: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Lunch break and personal communication
Session II: Soft Matter
Session Chair: Prof. Brian Rosen
- 2:00 - 2:30 p.m.: Prof. David Andelman (Physics, TAU), “One Hundred Years of Electrified Interfaces: What's New with the Theories of Debye and Onsager?"
- 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.: Prof. Cécile Chazot (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Sustainable Biopolymers: Towards Scalable Processing and Tailored Properties”
- 3:00 - 3:30 p.m.: Dr. Angelica Elkan (Physics of Complex Systems department), Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel) “ Surface-guided Crystallization of Theophylline for Regenerative Refractive Optical Elements”
Break: 3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Session III: Advances in Water Treatment
Session Chair: Prof. Noa Lachman-Senesh
- 3:45 - 4:15 p.m.: Prof. Jennifer Dunn (CBE, Northwestern University), “ Present and Future of Wastewater Treatment Plant Energy Consumption and Emissions”
- 4:15 - 4:45 p.m.: Dr. Gideon Segev (EE, TAU), “ Ratchet-Based Ion Pumps for Selective Ion Separation”
Closing Remarks
- 4:45 - 5:00 p.m.: Prof. Chris Schuh – Dean of the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Shuttle Pickup @ Hilton GARDEN INN: 6:00 p.m.
Dinner: 6:30 p.m.
- Shallots Bistro
7016 Carpenter Road, Skokie, IL 60077
Shuttle Pickup: 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Opening Session: 8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
- Prof. Michael Bedzyk – Co-Chair of workshop, Northwestern University
Session I: The Roles of Materials in Regenerative Research
Session Chair: Prof. Ben Maoz
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Prof. Sam Stupp (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Materials Designed to Mimic and Signal Biological Systems”
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Prof. Lihi Adler-Abramovich (DM, TAU), “ Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications”
- 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.: Prof. Jonathan Rivnay (BME, Northwestern University), “ Leveraging Bioelectronics and Synthetic Biology to Achieve Implantable, Biohybrid, and Regulated Cell Therapies”
- 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.: Prof. Tal Dvir (Life Sci., TAU), “ Engineering Personalized Tissue Implants: From 3D Printing to Bionic Organs”
- 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.: Prof. Nathan Gianneschi (Chemistry department, Northwestern University), “ Proteomimetic Materials for Neurodegenerative Disease and Tissue Healing Following a Heart Attack”
Coffee Break: 11:30 - 11:50 a.m.
Session Chair: Prof. Jonathan Rivnay
- 11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.: Prof. John Rogers (MS&E, Northwestern University), “Transient Electronic Systems in Medicine”
- 12:20 - 12:50 p.m.: Prof. Ben Maoz (BME, TAU), “ Improving Human Physiology with Advanced In Vitro Tools”
Lunch Break: 12:50 - 1:50 p.m.
Lunch break and personal discussions of research
Session II: Microrobots/Motors for Biomedical and Environmental Applications
Session Chair: Prof. Lihi Adler-Abramovich
- 1:50 - 2:20 p.m.: Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Controlling Biomimetic Soft Robots”
- 2:20 - 2:50 p.m.: Prof. Gilad Yossifon (ME, TAU), “ From Lab-On-a-Chip to Micro-Robot Electrically-Powered Platforms for Biomedical Applications”
- 2:50 - 3:20 p.m.: Prof. Todd Murphey (ME, Northwestern University), “ Distributed Intelligence in Microrobots”
- 3:20 - 3:50 p.m.: Prof. Ryan Truby (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Materializing Autonomy in Soft Robots Across Scales”
Coffee Break: 3:50-4:10 p.m.
Session III: Modern Metallic Alloys: Processing, Characterization and Simulations I
Session Chair: Prof. David Seidman
- 4:10 - 4:40 p.m.: Prof. Noam Eliaz (MS&E, Dean, TAU), “ Additively Manufactured Functional Materials and their Interaction with Hydrogen”
Dinner: 6:00 p.m.
- Nona Jo’s
2255 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Opening Session: 8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
- Prof. Ariel Ismach – Co-Chair of workshop, TAU
- Dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences (WCAS), Northwestern University: Professor Adrian Randolph
Session I: Electronic and Magnetic Phenomena
Session Chair: Prof. Ariel Ismach
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Prof. Mark Hersam (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ 2D Neuromorphic Computing Materials and Devices”
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Prof. Yossi Rosenwaks (EE, TAU), “ CMOS Compatible Electrostatically Formed Silicon Nanowire as an Ultrasensitive and Selective Gas Sensing Platform”
- 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.: Dr. Hanna Bishara (MS&E, TAU), “ Quantification of Electrical Resistivity of Internal Interfaces in Alloys”
Coffee Break: 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
- 11:00 - 11:30 a.m.: Prof. Moshe Ben Shalom (Phys., TAU), “ Ultimately Thin Sliding Ferroelectrics ”
- 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Prof. Lincoln Lauhon (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Imaging of Nanomaterials and Devices”
- 12:00 - 12:30 p.m.: Prof. Oswaldo Dieguez (MS&E, TAU), “ Translational Covariance of Flexoelectricity at Ferroelectric Domain Walls”
Lunch Break: 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
Lunch break and personal discussions of research
Session II: Advanced processing and characterization of materials
Session Chair: Prof. Lincoln Lauhon
- 1:15 - 1:45 p.m.: Prof. Michael Bedzyk (MS&E, Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University), “ Atomic-Scale Interface Studies of Supported 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanocrystals”
- 1:45 - 2:15 p.m.: Prof. Sem Gorfman (MS&E, TAU), “ Exploring twinning laws in functional ferroic through high-resolution X-ray diffraction”
- 2:15 - 2:45 p.m.: Prof. Matthew Grayson (ECE, Northwestern University), “ Tomographic Touchpad: Materials Characterization Behind a New Kind of Artificial Skin Sensor”
- 2:45 - 3:15 p.m.: Prof. Ilan Goldfarb (DMS&E, TAU), “ Self-Assembled Heterostructure Formation and Direct Exchange Interactions in Epitaxial Nano-Islands”
Coffee Break: 3:15-3:30 p.m.
Session III: Modern Metallic Alloys: Processing, Characterization and Simulations II
Session Chair: ???
- 3:30 - 4:00 p.m.: Prof. Chris Wolverton (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Short-Range Order in High-Entropy Materials”
- 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.: Prof. Ian McCue (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Constructing Compositional Gradients in Many-Element Systems”
- 4:30 - 5:00 p.m.: Prof. Amir R. Farkoosh (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Alloys”
Dinner: 6:00 p.m.
- Cohen Commons
4th floor of Technological Institute, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Il, 60208
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Session I: Optical properties of materials
Session Chair: Prof. Oswaldo Dieguez
- 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.: Prof. Teri Odom (Chemistry Department, Northwestern University), “ Strong Coupling with Plasmonic Lattice Cavities”
- 9:00 - 9:30 a.m.: Prof. Jacob Scheuer (School of Electrical Engineering, TAU), “ Spectral reshaping of Photo-Luminescence with Meta-surfaces”
- 9:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Prof. David Barton (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Integrated photonics and electro-optic devices”
- 10:00 - 10:30 a.m.: Prof. Tal Ellenbogen (School of Electrical Engineering, TAU), “ Controlled THz Generation by Nonlinear Meta-surfaces”
- 10:30 - 11:00 a.m.: Prof. Selim M Shahriar (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University), " Exotic Quantum States of Atoms for Precision Metrology: Subluminal Lasers, Superluminal Lasers and Schroedinger Cats"
Coffee Break: 11:00 - 11:15 a.m.
Session II: Advanced processing and characterization of materials
Session Chair: Prof. David Barton
- 11:45 - 12:15 p.m.: Dr. Dieter Isheim (MS&E, Northwestern University), “ Controlled-Environment Preparation Hub for Cryo-Atom Probe Tomography”
- 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.: Prof. Ariel Ismach (DMS&E, TAU), " Studying 2D Materials Intercalation and Heterostructures"